Month: July 2003

Geneva, 2 July– Food aid needs in southern Africa remain substantial due to erratic weather patterns, deteriorating economies, and the devastating impact HIV/AIDS is having on communities across the region, the United Nations World Food […]

Abidjan, 1 July– A team of military experts charged with charting the ceasefire positions of government and rebel forces in Liberia, was due to assemble in neighbouring Sierra Leone on Wednesday prior to its deployment, […]

Johannesburg, 1 July– Humanitarian groups this week reported a critical breakdown in the essential medicines pipeline in three provinces of Angola. Most affected by the shortages were the central Bie and Huambo provinces and Benguela […]

Nairobi, 1 July– UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has warned that lasting peace in Eritrea and Ethiopia cannot be based on ”temporary arrangements”. In his latest report to the Security Council, issued on Monday, he […]

Kinshasa, 1 July– President Joseph Kabila named on Monday his transitional government that is designed to lead the Democratic Republic of Congo out of nearly five years of war to democratic elections in 2005. The […]

Budapest, 1 July– World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn welcomed a new approach endorsed by government leaders of Central and Southeast Europe to reduce poverty among Roma and include them in European society through better […]

Basel, Switzerland, 1 July– With a number of uncertainties hanging over the global economy, the world economic outlook is mixed, the head of an international banking organization says. Global economic performance was ”lackluster” in 2002 […]

Washington, 1 July– President Bush’s focus on using business as the engine for change in the developing world — a message he will deliver on his first trip to Africa — is being actively promoted […]